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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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